Evaluation of the pathological signs of NCL in cln8−/− mutants. (A) Immunofluorescence analysis of subunit c of mitochondrial ATP synthase (SCMAS) in 5 dpf WT and cln8−/−embryos. (B) Acridine orange staining in brains of mutant and control 24 hpf embryos. (C) Lysotracker in vivo staining in 5 dpf WT and cln8−/− larvae. (D) Bodipy staining in live 5 dpf mutant and control larvae. Three independent experiments were performed in each group: cln8−/− and controls. Statistical analysis was performed using the Mann-Whitney test (****p ≤ 0.0001; ***p ≤ 0.001; *p ≤ 0.05). (scale bar = 100 μm). The number inside the bars is the sample size. The values are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM).
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